MLS Week 3: Your Running Commentary

The third week of the MLS season may already be underway, but there are still plenty of matches worth watching on Saturday afternoon.

The arguably biggest game of the day will take place at Toyota Park, where the winless Philadelphia Union will try and bounce back versus the Chicago Fire in a battle of Eastern Conference team. Another match that holds intrigue is D.C. United's visit to Vancouver. The Whitecaps are undefeated through two games, and they will look to keep their record perfect when they take on a D.C. United side that is still searching for its first win of the year.

Very boring game in NE. Revs are a mess with Feilhaber out and Joseph playing CB. I hope they get healthy enough to play both those 2 with Nguyen in the midfield. Not sure why Portland can’t put anything together, this game is reinforcing many bad MLS stereotypes.

I don’t know which was worse last week, Seattle losing 6-1 or Toronto winning. I’m no band wagon jumper, but I would have liked to see the Galaxy get into the Club World Cup. They were built for it. Toronto is getting blown out by Santos.

Rowe gets past the Portland keeper, but he can’t keep his dribble together and it goes out for a goal kick. Timbers having a lot of trouble building any attack. Nguyen and Sene are the most dangerous players on the field. Almost halftime.

The last 25 mins of the 1st half were much better, and it’s a good start to the 2nd half. There is enough shaky play that I wouldn’t use this game to try and prove MLS is a great league, but I’m still watching.